http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/ Autoblog Comments for One of five Ford dealers saying Five Hundred instead of Taurus http://www.autoblog.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.autoblog.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/Sep 18th 2007 9:36AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/Sep 18th 2007 10:38AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/Sep 18th 2007 9:37AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/Sep 18th 2007 9:44AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/
These guys are there selling a box to get a paycheck. they know the basics, will agree with you on everything, and say the car is right for you. then they will defer to their mgr on all things numberwise. dont call them car salesmen, call them dealer escorts...
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"Here's the Taurus replacement, but it's not called the Taurus, it's called the Five Hundred. The Taurus will soldier on in Hertz rental fleets for a while." Then two years later, "Remember the Taurus? We're bringing it back, but not as a new model. We'll replace the Five Hundred name with Taurus starting with the '08 model. So the car that replaced the Taurus but wasn't called the Taurus, is now called the Taurus."]]>Sep 18th 2007 9:46AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/
Salesperson: "Uh maam, this here is the new Ferd Five Hunder-red. Isn't she great?"

Buyer: "But is says Taurus back here."

Salesperson: "Uh oh, that's riiiiight. They changed the name and made several hunder-red improvements over the outgoing Five Hunder-red"

Buyer: "Ah hah, the salespeople are lying to me!! It must all be lies, lies, lies. I will never buy another car from this dealership!!"

Salesperson: "Dernit."

Informed salesperson, isn't that an oxymoron?]]>Sep 18th 2007 9:55AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/Sep 18th 2007 10:42AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/Sep 18th 2007 10:06AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/Sep 18th 2007 10:08AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/
I would also agree that the name change was a bad idea. It's not like the Taurus was a well respected brand. It's like renaming the Focus as the Pinto because everyone automatically knows a Pinto is a Ford. The Ford Five Hundred was a classy name and a well respected car. To throw that away in favor of Taurus, especially considering the costs involved, just wasn't a good idea.]]>Sep 18th 2007 10:18AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/Sep 18th 2007 10:26AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/Sep 18th 2007 10:32AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/Sep 18th 2007 10:42AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/Sep 18th 2007 10:45AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/09/18/one-of-five-ford-dealers-saying-five-hundred-instead-of-taurus/
Aren't you in the wrong field? I almost always know more about a given car than most of the dim with that sells them. Most car enthuiasts do. Even when I sold cars, I was always the point of reference for the competitors' specs.]]>Sep 18th 2007 10:50AM